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THERE'S STILL WORK TO DO
Although Georgia’s General Assembly has adjourned and
members have gone home, these legislative clerical workers re
main on the job to complete the task of compiling records accu
mulated during the 15-day session. Left to right: Mrs. Henry W.
Nevin. Senate secretary; Mrs. Billie Seay, Senate calendar clerk,
and Miss Edna Swan, Senate journal clerk.— (AP Photo).
SEVERAL HUNDRED VETERANS T 0
ATTEND FARM LOAN MEET JAN. 31
Several hundred veterans from
communities in all parts of the
Tenth District are expected to
attend a meeting in United States
District Court Room in the Post,
Office Thursday afternoon starting
at 2:30 o'clock. |
Bhe meeting wil} offap.._a.,progmm,‘
explaining farm joans for weterans
and will present top-flight experts
in various governmental agencies,
in addition to high American Le
gion officials. Ay
On the program, arranged by
Clagsie City Post No. 185 of the‘
American Legion to aid returning
veterans in arrangeing and secur
ig farm loans, will be T. R. Breed
-I(_)\'o‘ State Director of Produc
tion ‘and Marketing of the U. S.
Department of Agriculture; T. L.
Asbury, state conservationist of
;:hnr ’Sqil Conservation eSrvices
f. L. VanSant tSate Director of
the Farm Security Administra-]
t1on; Kenneth Treanor, Extension
Economist of the Georgia Agri
cultura] Extension Service, and
George M. Rooks, Division Man
acer of the State Veterans Ser
viee Office, :
In addition to the above those
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GARLAND HARDEMAN =
FETURNIGG FOR DISCHARGE
Garlnad HarSeman, Cox, U. S.
N. R, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jamgs
Hardemgn of Winterville, Ga., is
one of 596 high-point veterans
Whom the Navy - is returning to
the States for discharge aboard
the U. . g Hoggatt Bay, an es
cort carrier of the “Magic Car
pet” fleet, The ship left Okinawa
January 9 and was scheduled to
arrive. in San Francisco about
January 9g
LEON MEELER CAME OVER
ONU. S 8, SEA DEVIL
T-5. Leon D. Meeler of Bogart,
Ga. was scheduled to teturn to
\o¢ States for discharge aboard
the 8. 5, Sad Devil, which left
- Yokohama, Japan, January 11,
| and wag lo arrive in Seattle about
January 93 There were 2,000
| high-point Army vege:fjm: who
| Were supposed to return on this
| ship, T
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THREE ATHENTANS ' Sl
TO GET DISCHARGES ' =
Three Athens veterans, Pfc.
Willic Griffeth, husband of Mrs.
Lucille Gritfeth; Pfe. Thomas D.
Smith. 447 Third street, and T-5.
Hugh Harris, 1375 West fifl"flcocki
avenue, left Okinawa December
29 on the U. §; S Lavieh with
¢arly 1850 other high-point
Army veterans headed for the
States to \be discharged. The at
tack ransport, a wunit in thej
Navy's ‘Magic Carpet” fleet, was
10 arrive in Seattle, Wash., about
January 15. .
Passengers on the Lavaca.
Which carried men and supplies
for invasiong in Africa, um?e
aneil the Pacific, were to 8o :-1
rectly {o separation centers neai
&st ‘their homes to be released. {J
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
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Arnall Thinks
School Funds
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Are ‘Not Enough’
VIDALIA, Ga., Jan. 30—(AP)
—Governor - Ellis Arnall believes
the portion of state funds allo
cated to education. -is “not
enough,” and the state must fur
nish better pay to obtain better
school teachers.
The governor told an overflow
crowd here last night ‘that the
state sets aside for education 58
cents out of every dollar, but the
amount must be increased. He
said the future of Georgia is
linked with education.'
Arnall also pleaded for further
industrialization of : Georgia, and
further development of the tour
ist trade.
The governor was scheduled to
address the Kiwanis Club, but
moved- to the school auditorium
when approximately 700 people
gathered for the address. Arnall
did not mention politics, except to
comment again that.he: was the
only man in the state who could
not run for governor.
CAPTAIN H. McCLAIN
HAS REALLY BELEN ABROAD
Warren Howard WMecClain, Cap
tain the United Staics Navy and
a former employee cf the Ath
ens Banner-Herala, ‘has really
covered a Jot of grcund since he
worked on the Banner-Herald
back in 1945. .
‘He graduated from Athens
High School in 1925 and then en.
tered the U. S. Naval Academy at
Annapolis, Md., where he was a
graduate of the 1930 class.
After graduating from the Na
val Academy, Captain MecClair
was on set duty with the Battle
ships California ana Maryland;
heavy cruise> Portlard; and de
stroer’s Babbitt, Claxton and
Anderson.
After this series of sea duty
Captain McClain when back to
the Naval Academy for a post
g-aduate course which ae took
from ’36 to ’3B.
During the war, the Captain
served as executive officer »of
the Anderson, and commanding
officer of the ' destroyer Russell,
and Taussig, and as acting com
mande~ of the destroyer division
122. Just, prior. te,Pearl Harbor
he served with the North Atlan
tic conveys and in Iceland.
Tie Athens officers was in the
battle of the ©oral Sea, Midway
and Santa €-uz? screened car
riers and escorted ecnvoys car-
Coral Sea and Selomons areas
quring Guadalcanal campaign:
was under air and submarine aft
tacks on numbe~ of occasions.
Captian McClain was with the
~arrier Lexington, Yorktown.
Hornet and Wasp when they
-verre sunk, He was on a destroy
ar that reseued 1,000 survivors
>f these carriers: was on a des
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Full Associated Press —ervice.
20-Year, Qccupation Of Japan Asked
Inequities [n 1946
Business License
Ordinance Chafing
o méit Bagi I Cotncii B Revis
- Law, Removing Basis For Complaints
A movement has begun within the City Council, supported by
Mayor Bob McWhorter, to revise the 1946 license ordinance in order
to remove certaip inequitiesfi,flirgiwas learned today.
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Tolerance Is Topic
Of Essrig Talk;
Other Forums Held
Rabbi Harry Essrig, B’Nai
B’rith, Hillel Foundation, New
Yok City, discussec religious
tolerance at the Delta Delta Del
ta sorority house on Monday
night, Jan. 28. Thig talk wag a
part of ‘the Religion-in-Life
Week at the.University of Geor
gia. l ;
~ Rabbi Essrig said that the
problem before the world today
is that of bringing #ae different
religious faiths together so that
they might understaiid each reli
gion better, and thereby be more
tolerant. Prejudice against cer
tain religions is usually due to
ignorance on the purt of indi
viduals, and does lot contributc
to lasting peace. >
An open forum fcliowed—and
solutions were offered as to how
people might live in better un
derstanding. Edueation and en
ligatenment were set forth’ as so
lutions.
Included" in Monday’s program
for Religion.in-Life Week was a
talk by The Rev.. John W. Mel=
ton, pastor of the Pirst P-esby
terian Church. Bator: Rouge, La,
who spoke to University physo
chology student c¢n ‘:‘Physodiol.
ogy in Religion.” ]
Emphasizing the sect that ev
ery man is a personality and an
individual , consequcntly think
ing for himhelf, he pointed out
that men shoulg discipline their
thoughts so that thcy may lead
a righteous life.
Eliminate Fiejudice
“Racial prejudice should be
eliminated in some way,” he said
“For only then can the world
live in peace.”
On Tuesday nigat’s Religion
in.Life schedule was Dr. George
G. Higgins, d¥-ector cf social ac
tion and ijustice of the National
Catholic Welfare (louncil, who
addressed Universily students
on the attitude of religion to«
ward full employment,
Dr. Higgins is a lecturer on
social . justice and economical
problems and received his doctor
degree in economics.
The priest belicves society
should try to bring into present
economic life the type of democ
racy existant in politica; life. He
compared economic®life with he
institution of marriage and
thought if individuals would
love their neighbor it the econo.
mic world, it could then become
a grand institution toward per
serving economic freedoms.
The speaker referred to the
attitude of people afier the First
World War when there was no
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David A. Anthony
.
Is Killed
In Motor Crash
David A. Anthony, 24-year-old
resident of Winterville and son of
Mr. anc Mrs. T. F. Anthony of
that community, was killed early
Wednesday morning whan the
motorcycle on which he and a
friend, James Gibson, were rid
ing, hit a soft spol in the road ol
the Lexington Highway and was
wrecked.
Anthony and Gibson were rid
ing in the direction of Augusta
and the accident occurred about
1 a. m. at Payne’s Filling Station.
The men were taken to General
Hospital in a McDorman-Bridges
ambulance where Mr. Anthony
was pronounced dead on arrival. ‘
At General Hospital this morn-,
ing it was said the condition of
Mr. Gibson, a soldier stationed at
Fort Jackson, Miss.,, appecared
“good” and that he is suffering
from a chgst injury.
Services Thursday
Services for Mr. Anthony are
‘o -be conducted Thursday after
noon at 3 o’clock from Winter.‘
ville Baptist church, Rev. W. R.
Coile, thg¢ pastor, und Rev. R.
W. Allison officiaiing. The body
will lie in state in the churca
from 2:30 until the hour for the
services.
Burial will be in Winterville
cemetery, pall-bearer: to be an.
wounceq later by MeDorman-
Bridges.
~ In addition to his parents, Mr.
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Athens, Ga., Wednesday, January 30, I_-9‘{-6‘
The 1946 business license ordi
lnance was adopted at an execu
tive session of the Council some
ltimc in December. It was pub
lished recently and. comparisons
with the 1945 ordinance were
made by some businessmen whose
tax was hiked. Certain inequities
were found and this fact has
been brought to the attention of
The Banner-Herald with the re
guest that a study of the two or
dinances be made. This study,
sure enough, reveals that certain
businesses were selected by the
Council for tax increases while
others were not raised.
Getting Sleepy
{ ' Recognizing that the city must
ladopt measures to increase its
revenues so as to meet operating
costs without closing the vear
with a defeitit, the Mayor and
Council began their quest for
more e¢ough by taking up the
business license ordinance. The
meeting at which the 1946 lic
ense ordinance was enacted is
said to have lasted until two or
three o’clock in the morning. One
explanation of the inequities
which have been pointed out
may, it is said, be found in the
fact that some of the Councilmen
were getting sleepy and over
looked the faet that the tax on
‘their own businesses .not:
”"@g& “while other bfin@s not
represented in Council- were in
creased. 1
Councilman Bob Seagraves of
the First Ward, pointing out that
the city must have more revenue,
proposed and succeeded in put
ting through, an increase in the
business license tax for hosiery
mills, his own business, from 100
percent to 150 percent over last
year. Councilman Seagraves’ ex
ample was not followed, how
every by other Councilmen as. to
their own businesses, a study of
the 1945 and 1946 ordinances dis
closes. Councilman Seagraves and
Mayor McWhorter also urged
that instead of raising the taxes
of some businesses while others
were exempted, it would be fairer
for Council to make a percentage!
vaise which would affect every
body and efliminate a basis for a
charge of discrimination. The
pleas of Mayor McWherter and
Councilman Seagraves, however,
seems to have gone unheeded.
At a meeting of the Finance
Committee of the Council last
night the Mayor broached. the
subject of revising the 1946 ordi
nance for the purpose of adopting
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CHILD LABOR LAW
ISEIS AGE RULES,
WORK CONDITIONS
ATLANTA, an 30— (AP)—
Georgia’s new child labor law,
enacted by the legislature just ad
journed, is ‘“very agreeable” to its
chief sponsor, the Georgia -citi
zens council, Mrs. Francis Dwyer,
said today.
’ Mrs. Dwyer, an Atlanta Attor
ney, was chairman of the com
mittee of the citizens council
}worked for enactment of the new
‘measure. 1
- “We feel that we have achieved
our main obiectives”, she said.
The bill serves {¢ regulate the
employment of children, to pro
vide hours for their emplovment,
define hazarddous occupations and
fixes penalties for its wviolation. '
It provides that no minor under
14 years of age shall be empioyed
in gainful occupation at any time
“provided this law shall not be
construed to apply to work of a
minor n ‘agrirultuse, domestic
service in private homes or in em
ployment by a parent or 2 person
standing in place of a parent.
Under the terms of the bill no
child under 16 shal] be employed
in any mill, factory, laundry,
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LUCE WON'T RUN . |
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.—(AP)
—Representative Clare Boothe
Luce (R.-Conn.) announced to
day she would not be a candidate
for re-election to the House next
fall. : 4
There has been considerable
speculation here and in Connect
icut that she would be a candi
date for the U. -S. Senate this
year, but she did not state her
future plans,s o o uieta By
ESTABLISHED 18338
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Chile Government
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Acts To Continue
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Critical Services
SANTIAGO, Chile, Jan. 30.
— (AP) —The Chilean gov
ernment took steps to assure
continuance of public servi-’
ces today during a 24-hour,
nationwide strike - threatened
by some 300,000 members of
the Chilean Workers’ Federa
tion protesting Monday'’s
bloody police-labor clash.
Admiral Vicente Merino
Bielich, !interior minister,
said communications and sup
ply lanes would be kept open
and it was expected the army
would run the trains, at least
on necessary supply sched
ules. It also was believed the
army might take over the
street’ railways, light, power
and water companies.
}SBLUNS WANT
H
l By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Jan.,, 30 —
(AP) ~- The coming atomic
bomb tests in the Pacific started
a campaign loday to keep the re
sults a top secret from other na
tions.
Members of the House Naval
Committee said they plan to in
| corporate a secrecy provision in a
lmeasurc authorizing the A-bomb
experiment, and were hopeful of
a quick ‘vote.
The presence of some foreign
observers already ‘hag been ap
proved tentatively by ihe admin
istration, - but commijtee mem
bers reasoned that even a ring
side” geat will be ico far away
for sateiy’s sake 1o permit these
observers to learn much.
Strike Contirol Bily
House members alsc were pre
occupied with a new farseaching
strike “omtrol bill w?ah was at
tracting strong bipartiSah sdp
port.
Sponsored. by Rep. Case (R
--SD), it would estabiisl: a nation
al labor-management +mediation
board ang apply several restric
tive provisiong in industrial dis
putes.
Case offered the meaure as 3
substitute for the fact - finding
legislation which embodieg some
of the features Ireyguested by
President Truman. A
Mr. Truman, haq another re
quest—a call for spcedy approv
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Quarantine Ruled
In Two Sections
“Banner-Herald
“Athens, Ga.
“Saturday afternoon, Janu
ary 26, a- small mixed Chow
dog was killed by the Health
Department on the Fairhaven
Property at Princeton.
“Several complaints had been
received , two or three days
previous to this that a small
red and brown dog had been
fighting other dogs on South
Lumpkin Street, University
Drive, South View Drive,
Hagmpton Court,, and South
Milledge Extension.
“However we did not locate
this ydog until Saturday morn
ing, the 26th, finally getting
him late Saturday afternoon at
Fairhaven..
“The general appearance of
this dog and his actions were
strongly suspicious. of rabies
and it was necessary to shoot
him in order to get him.
“A laboratory report has just
been received stating that this
dog brain shows strongly posi
tive evidence of rabies.
“Therefore as a safeguard o
the health of this community
all dogs shall be confined for
ninety (90) days and all dogs
known to have been in a fight
with this dog are to be destroy
ed or given intensive Anti-
Rabic treatment and then con
fined for 90 days.
“In addition to all dogs in the
Five Points area ail dogs in
the Princeton area outside the
City Limits shall be confined
for the same period of 90 days
and vaccinated against rabies
or be immediately destroyed.
“Any owners or Kkeepers of
dogs failing to comply with this
warning will be held in viola
tion of the State and City
Rabies Vaccination Law and
any dogs found running loose
may be destroyed.
“Harold B. Hodgson, D. V. M.
“Inspector.”
: HESS DENIED REQUEST
{ NUERNBERG, Germany, Jan.
30—(AP)—Rudolf Hess’ applica
tion to be his own defense attor
ney was denied tcday by the In
ernational Military Tribunal as
“not in his interest.” =
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John L. Lewis, United Mine Workers chief, is shown as he
arrived in Miami to attend the American Federation of Labor
meeting.
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Further efforts were made today te effect settlement of two of the
country’s major labor disputes-—strikes in the steel and automstive
indusiries—as a new and far-reaching sirike control bill gained wide
spread support in Congress. |
In Detroit, the government wos
ready to renew its attempt to end
the 71-day Strike of 175,000 CIO
employes in General Motors
plants. Top officials of the cor
poration and the CIO United Auto
Workers Union were scheduled to
resume wage negotiations after
James F. Dewey, special federal
mediator, had met separately with
the principals.. |
In Wagshington. the governmenr
reportedly had given its “last
word” to the steel - industry on
what price increases it will ap
prove in the interests of ending
the walkout of nearly 750,000 CIO
steelworkers. ) |
* An advance of approximately $4
per ton has been reported to be
the maximum the administration
will approve but the U. S. Steel
Corp. has said a boost of much
more would be necessary even to
lappmximate its workers’ demand
for wage increases. The CIO Unit
ed Steelworkers has accepted
President Truman’s recommenda
tion of an 18% cents an hour wage
hike, while the U. S. Steel's top
offer is a pay boost of 15 cents
an hour. i
Fact-Finding Substitute
As the effects of the 10-day old
steel strike continued further to
curtail operations in allied indus
tries, the action in the National
House of Representatives was a
bill offered as a substitute for
fact-finding legislation. The rules
committee scheduled a meeting to
pave the way for House debate
‘beginning tomorrow.
I As the country’s industrial trou
| ble continued to keep idle some
11,390,000 persons, proposals by
Midwest farm groups for a na
|tionwide farmers’ strike met little
enthusiasm amogg major farm or
ganizations. >
In meetings at Chickasha, Okla.,
and in, Clay County, Nebr., farm
ers suggested a marketing holiday
until labor disputes are settled.
Officials of the American Farm
Bureau Federation and the Na
tional Grange said in Washington
they had been appreached on the
‘idea of a strike but asseried they
would not participate in any such
action.
' In other developments on the
Ilabor front, a strike of 3,500 tug
boat workers was called for Mon
day in New York Harbor, threat
ening to cripple shipping in the
world’s busiest port. A spokesman
for the AFL International . Long
shoremen’s Association said the
walkout,” to enforce wage-hour
‘demands, would “stop everything
transported by boat™ except ves
sels operated by a very few small |
companies. Troopships also would
be affected.
The scheduled walkout of near
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HOPKINS RITES FRIDAY
NEW YORK, Jan. 30—(AP) —
Funeral services for Ha{ry L.
lHopkins, special assistant to the
late President Roosevelt, will
held at 2p. m,, Friday at St. Bary
tholomew’s Protestant Epis¢opal
church here. Dr. George P ligt
Sargent, recter, will condu e
1m @ T Y e Al p:
A.B.C. Paper — Single Copy, 3¢ + 5c Sunday
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Russia Gives Up
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Railway Control
In Northern Iran
TEHRAN, Jan. 30—(AP)—Rus
i sian military authorities returned
to the Iranian State Railways to
day control of Iran’s vital lines
through the northern provinces of
Azerbaijan, Mazanderan and Kaz
vin.
Friends of Iran’s new premier,
Ahmed Ovan Es Saltaneh; called
the action “the first Russian ges
ture of friendship towardt the new
government.” .
These sources speculated that
the Russian act was a prelude to
'an anticipated Soviet request for
’use of the lines to evacuate Red
Army troops whose presence in the
}northern provinces is the basis for
the Iranian protest now - pending
before the United Nations Security
Council in London.
DIRECT NEGOTIATIONS
LONDON, Jan. 30—(AP)—Irdan
announced today that she was
| prepared to try direct negotiations
lagain in her dispute with Russia‘
}if the United Nations Security
Council recommended such action,
|but insisted that the Council re-J
tain jurisdiction of the case.
f The Iran position was stated
shorily after it was announced in
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Five Persons Killed
As Two-Engine
Army Plane Crashes
CATOUSA, 'OKLA., Jan.. 30—
(AP)—Five persons were killed in |
the crash of a twin engine Army
airplane four miles north of here
last night, Maj. George L. Hall,
comanding officer of the air trans
port command operations location
in Tulsa, announced today.
Identification of the men would
not be released until later, Major
Hall said. He described the plane
as an administrative {ype craftf
and said that it burned in the'
crash. I
The officer said the plane was
on a rouiine flight from Tinker
Field, Oklohoma City to Tuisa.
He added that no more than five
victims were aboard.
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Fire Destroys
\
Clayton Hotel
CLAYTON, Ga., Jan. 30.—(AP)
~—The Clayton Hotel, popular
with Georgians seeking mountain
air in the summer, burned to the
ground yesterday.
The hotel was nearly filled
with guests and most of them lost
their personal belongings. The
blaze started about 8 a. m. and
SPr: al idly through the frame
structure.” ™,
Fire depariments of Clayten,
Toccoa and HRyanklin, N. C,
tidhe bjafe more than two
mos, ' and B ented it from
spicading do yébrby buildings.
HOMEE
FAR EASTERN
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TOKYO, Jan. hog? %) —Al
lied occupation of a 1 should
continue for I 0 to 20 years to in
sure full Democratization and a
peaceful future for Nipppon, some
members of the far eastern com
mission said today. s
“I believe the occupation should
last 20 years,” said Col L. M. Cos
grave, Canada’s chief delegate, as
the commission prepared to sail
Friday on the Mt. McKinley after
a three weeks survey of Japan. “If
we pul] out before that, we wili
have a little Balkans.”
Tomas Confessor, Chief Philip
pines delegate, urged military oc
cupation of 10 years “and then a\
civilian occupation for another 10
years headed by a group such as
the far eastern commission”
U. S. Delegate Silent
The chief U. S. Delegate, Maj.
Gen. Frank B. McCoy, declined to
express an opinion ‘because, since
I am chairman o: the commiss
!ion, it might be viewed as an
opinion of the entire group.”
On the political front the news
paper Mainichi today predicted
more than 1,000 candidates will
seek office in Japan”s March 31
’general election, anc credited so
‘cial Democrats with the best
chance of emerging as the nation’s
‘majority party.
The Progress party, largest in
the last Diet, sustained the most
severe blow from the Allied com
mand’s political purge decrees,
Mainichi said. Liberals, taking
advantage of the progressive par-
Ly confusion, have heen making
considerable headway.
Kydo news agency quoted Com
munist Kyuichi Tokusa as assert
ing that the nressnt “ar guilty™
administration ought to be over
thrown before the elections, al~
lowing a new government to sup
ervise the balloting,
Deadline Nearing
In Polio Fight -
For Clarke Quofa
! _Annual campaign to aid the
’{lght against infantile paralysis
Is nearing its end, Clarke County
‘\Chairman Dan Hill said today,
~adding that the county appears
to have a gaod chance of reach
ing the quota set for it, but that
until reports of workers are com-
Pleted, it cannot be ascertained
lwhether or not the county has
lagain “gone over the top.”
The Franklin Roosevelt Memo
rial Ball Saturday night will cli
max the University of Georgia’s
infantile paralysis drive. It will
be held in the Physical Education
building on Ag. Hill. Admission
is by contribution of not less than
‘75 cents to the infantile paralysis
drive. , =
Mu\sic for the ball will be fur
nished by the Georgia Bulldogs.
Everyone is invited.
The infantile paralysis drive on
the campus, which is again be
ing sponsored by Alpha Phi
Omega, national service frater~
nity, is well under way at the
University.
Sorority girls are taking up
collections in the movie theaters,
and housing units are competing
for the Franklin Roosevelt me
morial plaque, which will We
awarded to the group which col
lects the most money for the
drive. This competition will be
prorated according to the num
ber of’ people represented in each
group, Alpha Phi Omega announ
ces,
Deserving Cause
Chairman Hill poiated out that
no cause is more deserving than
the annual polio drive, and added
that one-half of all the money
collected in Georgia is retained
in this state to aid infantile par--
alysis victims in counties through~
out Georgia where such help is
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ATHENS AND VICINITY
Mostly cloudy with show
ers tonight and little ehange
in temperature. Occasional
rain Thursday, becoming col
der in the afternoon.
GEORGIA:¢ Mostly cloudy
this afternoon, tonight and
Thursday. Showers Thursday
and some light rain in ex
treme neorth portion this aft
ernoon and tonight. Warmer
this afternoon and tonight
and continued warmer over
south portion Thursday, be
coming colder over north
pertion Thursday afternoon,
TEMPERATURE
Highest . & 5. & i - .DE
Lowest: ... gwiliiés ol i
Meshy ... o i e . 8
Normal ..i.ooa wvci
RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours .. .. .82
Total since January 1 ... 9.74
Excess since January 1 .. 558
Average January-.rainfall 4.26